# N518SS: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1, registration cancelled 2001-04-27

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 27, 2001
- Exported to: Austria
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1](https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-a1) (registry code 2990000)
- Data sheets: [TCDS TA4CH](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/TA4CH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 10073
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: April 25, 2000
- Last registry action: April 25, 2000
- Mode S code: A680C8
- Owner when cancelled: [Diamond Aircraft Sales USA Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DIAMOND%20AIRCRAFT%20SALES%20USA%20INC)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Non-citizen corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7236° N, 75.5412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19801, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N518SS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=518SS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518SS-2001-04-27

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1: https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-a1.md

## Service difficulty reports (3)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 96ZZZX4053](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX4053), Jul 3, 1996: BREAKER. DEFECTIVE. DURING THE DAY, THESE PLANES ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CIRCUIT BREAKERS TRIPPING. THIS USUALLY OCCURS DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY. WHEN THE PART COOLS DOW
- [SDR 96ZZZX2279](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX2279), Mar 22, 1996: GYRO. DEFECTIVE. GYRO WILL NOT MAINTAIN LEVEL INDICATION IN STRIAGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT.
- [SDR 96ZZZX2278](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX2278), Mar 22, 1996: GYRO. MALFUNCTION. ARTIFICAL HORIZON BANKS TO LEFT IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT.

## Other aircraft with N518SS

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N518SS): Dassault FALCON 2000, S/N 100, built 1999

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